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...whom have found the open-minded governing bylaw about nationality conveniently accommodating. For New Yorker George Tucker, a physicist born in Puerto Rico, Calgary actually offered a chance to improve. At his Sarajevo debut in 1984, Tucker shed alarming amounts of skin bouncing off the wall. "I was the luger who dripped blood," Tucker says. The next ( summer he recruited Muniz, who had schemed to represent Puerto Rico as a kayaker. "Misery loves company," explains Muniz. Argentine Ruben Gonzalez, a chemist, claims yet another distinction. "At any level, I am the only luger in South America." His level leaves...
That put only a temporary damper on the party being thrown by the athletic % underclass. Most were even making plans for 1992 and beyond. "I've got at least two more Olympics in me," declares Gonzalez. Fellow Luger Tucker is also future-gazing. "Maybe," he says, "it's time to start driving a bobsled." En garde, Albert...
...East Germany' s enchanting Katarina Witt. -- Two Brians: Orser of Canada and Boitano of the U. S. are pretty good friends and the very best of the men skaters. -- Red, White and Dreams: A picture essay offers a look at American competitors from world- record speed skaters to a luger and a biathlete with chances at a first U. S. medal. -- Super- Z: Switzerland' s Pirmin Zurbriggen, the top World Cup skier, is a slashing, aggressive all- event star in an era of specialists. -- Foreign Favorites: The best in the world include a flying Finn, a peerless East German speed...
Luge: Another event an American has never captured a medal. It's not an American pastime, but luger Duncan Kennedy certainly thinks so. He is the United States' strongest chance for a medal. Long live luge...
...afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, which causes severe mental deterioration. She also suffered from osteoporosis, a bone disease that frequently leads to fractures and pain. On March 4 her husband fulfilled what he said were his wife's wishes when he pumped two bullets from his 9-mm Luger into her temple as she lay on the sofa in their Fort Lauderdale condominium. Then he turned himself...